Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

1456 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: cold

Kunyomi: さむ.い

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

気(かんき)   the cold (weather)

波(かんぱ)   spell of cold weather

い(さむい)   cold (e.g. weather)

気(さむけ)   chill

Onyomi Examples

カン midwinter, cold season, coldest days of the year

サムケ chill, the shivers, shivering fit, cold, coldness, cold air

オカン chill, shakes, ague

ボウカン protection against cold

Kunyomi Examples

さむい cold (e.g. weather), uninteresting (esp. joke), lame, dull, weak, corny